Re: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
cindy-- you give me someone to look up to--I hope I can do half that good On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Deborah Nord Capen dca...@earthlink.netwrote: For those of us who are NOT fortunate enough to know Cindy personally, you need to know that she is confined to a wheelchair, but does not let the wheelchair confine her. She leads a very active life, serves on the board of an independent living center, runs the Southern California TM support group, goes to just about every Angels baseball game that she can get her hands on tickets for, drives herself everywhere in her van that is adapted with hand controls – does NOT let TM rule her life! Cindy is also very active in spinal cord research programs at UC Irvine, advocates for people with disabilities whenever and wherever she needs to do so, and I get tired just thinking about all that she does in a given day. I know that she lives through pain, all of the other issues that plague us TM’ers, and with all the pain she endures, she is entitled to complain MUCH MORE than she does. My life is richer because I can call Cindy “my friend”, and I never would have met her had it not been for getting transverse myelitis. We love you Cindy! Love, Debbie *From:* Cindy McLeroy [mailto:cindymcle...@socal.rr.com] *Sent:* Friday, October 08, 2010 11:14 AM *To:* tmic-list@eskimo.com *Subject:* [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy my special day. Cindy McLeroy
RE: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
For those of us who are NOT fortunate enough to know Cindy personally, you need to know that she is confined to a wheelchair, but does not let the wheelchair confine her. She leads a very active life, serves on the board of an independent living center, runs the Southern California TM support group, goes to just about every Angels baseball game that she can get her hands on tickets for, drives herself everywhere in her van that is adapted with hand controls - does NOT let TM rule her life! Cindy is also very active in spinal cord research programs at UC Irvine, advocates for people with disabilities whenever and wherever she needs to do so, and I get tired just thinking about all that she does in a given day. I know that she lives through pain, all of the other issues that plague us TM'ers, and with all the pain she endures, she is entitled to complain MUCH MORE than she does. My life is richer because I can call Cindy my friend, and I never would have met her had it not been for getting transverse myelitis. We love you Cindy! Love, Debbie From: Cindy McLeroy [mailto:cindymcle...@socal.rr.com] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:14 AM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy my special day. Cindy McLeroy
Re: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
Cindy, What a great attitude;an inspiration to me and the others on the list. Cheryl --- On Fri, 10/8/10, Cindy McLeroy cindymcle...@socal.rr.com wrote: From: Cindy McLeroy cindymcle...@socal.rr.com Subject: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 2:14 PM I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy my special day. Cindy McLeroy
Re: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
Congratlations on your anniversary..might sound morbid, but had you not had tm, nor had I, we'd never have met or shared our lives with one another!! Hugs, jan From: Cindy McLeroy cindymcle...@socal.rr.com To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 1:14:23 PM Subject: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy my special day. Cindy McLeroy
